Status: | |
Date: | Monday 8 December 1941 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.86B Express |
Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
Registration: | A31-8 |
MSN: | 2359 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Western desert ( Egypt)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Shot down and crashed. A fire erupted but the three crew members of the ambulance aircraft survived.
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accident date:
08-12-1941type: de Havilland DH.86B Express
registration: A31-8
accident date:
08-12-1941type: de Havilland DH.86B Express
registration: A31-8
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.